Tera Jet

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The Tera Jet is a fast ferry of the Cyprus-based shipping company Seajets, which was commissioned in 1999 as Scorpio for the Italian company Tirrenia – Compagnia italiana di navigazione. After several years of unused berth, it has been in use for its current operator since July 2014.

History

The Scorpio was launched on the 5th. Laid in Kiel on 17 May 1998 under building number 6047 at Fincantieri in Riva Trigoso and launched on 17 March 1999. After his delivery to the Tirrenia – Compagnia italiana di navigazione on the 4th. In June 1999, the ship started the ferry service from Genoa via Porto Torres to Olbia in the same month.

In 2001, Scorpio switched to the route from Civitavecchia to Olbia. In 2005, the ship was chartered to the Italian shipping company Siremar before being launched in 2006. From May to September 2008, Scorpio was in service under Corsica Ferries charter between Livorno and Golfo Aranci, after which it was again in Castellammare di Stabia. In 2009, the ship changed its anchorage to Arbatax, from 2010 it was in Cagliari.

In September, Scorpio went under the changed name Scorpio I to Karina Shipping based in Tuvalu, but remained Cagliari. In April, Dominican Republic-based Millenia Shipping took over the ship and renamed it Ronke a month later. It was transferred to Eleusis, where it continued. After another change of ownership to an owner in Tanzania and a renaming to Amor in June 2012, the fast ferry went to Drapetsona, where it received the name Sea Breeze III after another change of ownership under the flag of Panama, but still did not return to service.

In March, Cyprus-based shipping company Seajets bought Sea Breeze III as its new flagship. In May 2014, it received the name Tera Jet and returned on 25. In July 2014, he returned to active service after almost six years of unused berth on the route from Heraklion to Santorini. After a short docking time in October 2014, the ship is now in service between Tinos, Mykonos and Paros.

The sister ship Capricorn has the same dimensions, but has been inactive since 2007. The two other sister ships Aries and Taurus were already dismantled in Aliağa, Turkey, in 2011.

Propulsion
Tera Jet has a combined machine system consisting of four MTU-20V1163 diesel engines and two LM2500 gas turbines, produced by General Electric and Fiat. The latter are often used for hydrofoils, air cushion boats and high-speed ferries. The machine system drives the four hydrojets (water jet drive) located at the rear. The two middle hydrojets of the type KaMeWa 180 SII are fixed, while the two lateral hydrojets of the type KaMeWa 140 SII can be controlled and thus also act as rudders.

Weblinks

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